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I find differentiating my eating habits between when I'm alone and when I'm with other people very odd. I've never thought of doing that before. I eat "food" when I'm alone or with other people and I never thought to examine if there were any broad differences between the types of food I eat. When I eat alone I usually either make a sandwich or English muffin pizzas or just snack on chocolate, cookies, or crackers. When I eat with other people I'm either eating out or someone is cooking for me. I don't think there's much of a difference between the two. Obviously the latter involves more elaborate food but I don't really have any control over that. I would be perfectly content eating English muffin pizzas with other people.

My go to meal lately has been salad and a protein of somekind (sometimes chicken, sometimes chopped lunchmeat) cooked in a pan with some barceque sauce with some rice on the side. The salad requires no prep, and I quite enjoying cooking something so simple in a pan.

To simplifly things, I usually cook a bunch of chicken beforehand so I can pull it out as I need it and slice it up.

I'd definitely like to try to make more interesting things but I'm working two jobs right now and don't really have the energy or money to try new things atm.

My go to meal lately has been salad and a protein of somekind (sometimes chicken, sometimes chopped lunchmeat) cooked in a pan with some barceque sauce with some rice on the side. The salad requires no prep, and I quite enjoying cooking something so simple in a pan.

To simplifly things, I usually cook a bunch of chicken beforehand so I can pull it out as I need it and slice it up.

I'd definitely like to try to make more interesting things but I'm working two jobs right now and don't really have the energy or money to try new things atm.

what's your strat on cooking a bunch of chicken at once and storing it

My go to meal lately has been salad and a protein of somekind (sometimes chicken, sometimes chopped lunchmeat) cooked in a pan with some barceque sauce with some rice on the side. The salad requires no prep, and I quite enjoying cooking something so simple in a pan.

To simplifly things, I usually cook a bunch of chicken beforehand so I can pull it out as I need it and slice it up.

I'd definitely like to try to make more interesting things but I'm working two jobs right now and don't really have the energy or money to try new things atm.

what's your strat on cooking a bunch of chicken at once and storing it

because i keep thinking of doing it but i never do

In my experience, I can only do something like this if I'm, like, shredding a breast and making chicken salad, or putting cubes of it on a salad, or something like that. White meat chicken's already far too dry for me, but every time I've tried to store it after cooking it tastes like cardboard within a day. For short storage (2-3 days tops) I just use some tupperware, but for longer durations I'll wrap a single breast in a paper towel sheet, then some aluminum, stick a bunch of the little packages in some tupperware and freeze them, and that lasts for a month.

But, like I said, dryness and all. If you can tolerate that, you're good.

For chicken, I usually buy frozen bags from meijers, thaw them, and stick them in a zip lock bag for 2 or 3 days with some sort of light salad dressing (Newman's Own Sun Dried Tomato is my fav for now). Then just broil them in the oven slightly undercooked so when I microwave them later I don't dry them out.

I have found, over the months living with another person, my diet has slowly improved. I eat lest pre-made stuff, cook more (my roomie love my cooking, so bonus there). On the other hand I probably eat out a bit more often.

The biggest difference is I don't host people. Ever. If I'm eating with someone else, that means it's either a restaurant or I'm at a friend's place and they're cooking. If it's a potluck, then I bring up a larger amount of something I normally cook, so I'm guessing that if I ever did host somebody, I would eat pretty much the exact same things I do when I'm alone.

But that's in the past year since giving up potato chips. They were a serious addiction that I would only eat when I was alone. And I'd eat a lot of them. But I don't eat them at all anymore with the exception of parties - I'll munch 'em responsibly.

I can't accept going for cheaper food, personally. Yeah it's true that we spend like 9 percent of our income on food as opposed to 15 percent or something in years past, but this is truly your life. Your sustenance. It keeps you going. It's so important that you eat well with high quality ingredients. Take the time to go to the market, instead of the supermart. Spend that extra few percent on food. Make sacrifices on your budget elsewhere, because it will pay off in the long run. That's the one thing my parents didn't allow me to skimp on during school. I was told to live like a peasant, but eat like a king.

The rare times I do eat out, I go to good restaurants. Even alone. It's definitely worth the cost. Nutrition is obviously the most important, but great taste makes it fun. There's so much depth in the world of cuisine, I've not even begun to scratch the surface.

If I'm eating alone it's usually Hot Stuffs (Hot Pockets in the states I guess),Michelinas, and other assorted frozen dinners.If I'm feeling fancy then maybe some homemade poutine* (fries,can of gravy, bag of cheese) or Tuna Melts (melted cheese on top of Tuna salad on a piece of french bread).

If I have a guest though, then out comes the Pasta (I make a kickass sauce),thai dishes,steaks,etc. (real food).

* For the poutine connoisseurs out there, yes, I do know that REAL poutine uses cheese curds, not just shredded mozzarella,but I simply don't care.

HKPacman420 on July 2009

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AresProphetI see a darkness in my fateI'll drive my car without the brakesRegistered Userregular

I almost always eat alone. I also try to cook something totally new at least once a week, and at least two of other nights cook something in my established repertoire. I try to limit myself to one heat-n-eat meal (usually a frozen pizza) each week.

Cooking for yourself is cheap and I happen to be humiliatingly poor at the moment. It's also fun. And healthy, sometimes. The bacon cheeseburgers I grilled last week, not so much.

Come to think of it, cooking for myself and cooking for other people is almost exactly the same, except I don't get any leftovers for the next two days when I cook for other people.

AresProphet on July 2009

oh, gimme some time
show me the foothold from which I can climb
yeah, when I feel low
you show me a signpost for where I should go